irritating; aggravating; upsetting
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
business practice; business method; commerce; commercial law
revision; amendment; alteration
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
in spite of; regardless of
investment; contribution; financing
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
reform bill; reform proposal; amendment
congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
compensating; making up for; supplementation
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
clear as day; perfectly obvious; plain as daylight
counter for ships (large boats); counter for half of a pair (e.g. half of a folding screen); counter for fish, birds, arrows, etc.
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
amount of money; sum of money
failure; mistake; blunder
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
support; backing; aid; assistance
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something
being afraid of; being fearful; being timid; trembling; shivering
to recall; to remember; to recollect
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything